[FX] What We Do in the Shadows

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:38 pm

That was an especially fun episode.

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:58 pm

So, I watched the entire series in the last 7 days. Love it. Agree that S3 was the "weakest" season and that S4 (so far) has been much better.

Like many, I signed on for Matt Berry but love the whole cast. Still fuming that I can't watch Toast of Hollywood.

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:21 pm

Funny story. I stumbled across the first ep of Toast of Tinseltown. It's on a very obscure website that shows videos. It's owned by a company that rhymes with "poodle". The web site name rhymes with "Poo Lube". Anyway, very amusingly, I am half way through the episode and Kayvan Novak is in it!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:42 pm

Wait until you get to Natasia Demetriou‘s character in Toast of Tinseltown. Specifically the song and dance number I posted a link to earlier in this thread. She is a comedy queen.

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:13 pm

(Derailing continued...)

Finished Toast of Tinseltown. Enjoyed it very much, but probably my least favorite Toast season. And yes, Natasia's character was very funny.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:27 pm

It's even more surreal than the English set series. I have to admit that I prefer Toast of London as well. Also, I have trouble figuring out whether or not I like Fred Armistan when he shows up in anything.

However, the entire episode set in the wild west was so damn weird that I eventually found myself enjoying it.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:54 pm

I've been playing Ark with my son a lot lately. It never fails that we'll be walking through our base past a dodo and I hear the telltale "Pffft." Thanks to this show, I've now gotten a lot of mileage out of "Guillermo, da dodo did a doo doo!" I think my son's getting tired of the joke.

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 6:33 pm

Just watched the most recent episode. Still loving this season! Poor Guillermo! haha

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:56 pm

It started off weak with an annoying celebrity stunt casting skit (I love Jarmusch, but come on), but it rapidly made up for it with some great laughs.

Spoiler:

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:14 pm

hepcat wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:56 pm It started off weak with an annoying celebrity stunt casting skit (I love Jarmusch, but come on), but it rapidly made up for it with some great laughs.

Spoiler:
Nadja yelling “Your bullies aren’t doing a good enough job!” made me laugh out loud. And the clown? Just great.

The Celebrity Menu took care of it rather effectively though...

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:57 pm

I am just not a fan of celebrity stunt casting. I think it stems from my younger years when studios would force musicians into tv shows when they had a new album coming out, and similar crap. It always took me out of the show.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:07 pm

I have it on good authority KISS will be on the season finale.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:16 pm

I have it on good authority that there's going to be a crossover episode with Fear the Walking Dead. However, I'm not too upset about that as there are no actors or celebrities on that show.

paulbaxter · Post by **paulbaxter** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:52 pm

hepcat wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:16 pm I have it on good authority that there's going to be a crossover episode with Fear the Walking Dead. However, I'm not too upset about that as there are no actors or celebrities on that show.

lol

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:30 pm

New season is pretty good so far. The vamps discovering a mall is as fun as it sounds. And the Nadja doll never disappoints.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:52 pm

New season?

This brings me joy.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:18 pm

Thanks for the heads-up. I haven’t checked my YTTV shows in months and wondered why I keep paying them the big bucks every month while watching mostly Tubi.

Now bring back Resident Alien, too.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:15 am

I'm glad they brought Kristen Schaal on as a full cast member. As great as Natasia Demetriou is (and make no mistake, she's friggin' great), she was outnumbered by the men and needed a female foil to round out things.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:06 pm

Okay, about damn time…

Spoiler:

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:36 am

Officially ending after season six:

In yet another frustrating reminder that it’s a good idea to value the things you love while you have them, because you never know when they will be cruelly taken away from you, vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows will be coming to an end after its upcoming sixth season. That comes from Vulture, which says the news came straight from “an FX source”—though the network, which has aired the series since it began in 2019—has yet to make an official announcement.

That, notably, means we don’t know if this was an FX decision or a mutual agreement between the network and series creator Jemaine Clement. Either way, Vulture says production is supposed to begin in January, so that hopefully gives What We Do In The Shadows plenty of time to construct a satisfying final season and not one of those stupid tossed-off final season that most shows get.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:35 pm

Sad, but six years is a good long run these days.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:49 pm

Kraken wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:35 pm Sad, but six years is a good long run these days.

But definitely not long enough for tjis show.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:59 pm

No!
Dammit!
Please?
*sigh*
Fine.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:06 pm

Can we just use this cancellation as an opportunity for a Jackie Daytona spin-off? Pretty please???

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:09 pm

Or jump 100 years in the future and have a show about the supreme Archbaron, Master of all Undead, Lord de la Cruz.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:30 pm

Honestly, I’m surprised it lasted this long. Matt Berry seems to like shorter runs, for one thing. I never thought he’d stick it out for more than 3 seasons.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:38 pm

Yeah, I didn't want to say it with the news, but I am also surprised it lasted this long. Not because I think quality has changed (it's still hilarious), it just seems like a show that might have higher production costs (costumes / makeup) and a smaller audience.

I'm glad they're getting an official last season regardless - that they know it's happening. I'm confident they're going to end it on a high note.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:06 pm

Spoiler

Spoiler:

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:17 am

If it doesn’t end with Bob Newhart waking up next to a Suzanne Pleshette lookalike, then the show has failed.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 12:32 pm

Critics have reviewed episode 1 of final season and it seems well received. I love the story behind a new character this season.

Spoiler:

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:01 pm

First 3 episodes have aired. I watched the first one and loved it.

Spoiler:

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:22 am

I am a relative newcomer, in that I got into this sometime last year once I discovered Matt Berry was in it. Having said that, I have watched it in its entirety multiple times. I remember literally weeping with laughter the first time I saw the News episode. Looking forward to seeing new episodes.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 23, 2024 7:29 pm

I'm gonna miss this gem of a show after this season ends.

But at least they're leaving on a high note instead of dragging it out...as so many other shows I loved do.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 12:02 am

Welp, I did not expect a retelling of The Warriors on WWDitS, but we got it. And I’m damn happy with it. Also, surprise cameo from

Spoiler:

Daveman · Post by **Daveman** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:10 am

They're definitely going out on a high note so far!

I didn't expect a retelling of Apocalypse Now either and that was absolutely fantastic right down to the Doors-y version of the theme song. Nandor's final line to the camera had me rolling...

"You thought my army was just a bunch of mannequins? The fuck?"

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:44 am

Colin’s asides during their Warriors journey through the city had me laughing last night.

“They weren’t really that threatening.”

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:35 pm

Biggest LOL moment of the entire season for me was the latest episode:

Spoiler:

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:37 pm

Yeah, that was the situation Colin was referring to in my quote above.

I feel like Mark Proksch, amidst a cast of amazing comedians, manages to steal almost every scene he's in with any one of them.

edit: okay, this is great. Apparently there's a youtube channel of his character Colin reading adult bed time stories.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:05 am

hepcat wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2024 12:02 am Welp, I did not expect a retelling of The Warriors on WWDitS, but we got it. And I’m damn happy with it. Also, surprise cameo from

Spoiler:
Alexander Skarsgard as his True Blood character.

CAN YOU COUNT, SUCKERS?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:24 pm

…and so it ends. I absolutely loved the meta conversations about when the show should have ended, Cowboy Kid, the whole scene with the bear love, and the fake out ending. I will miss this show a lot.